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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Fawn-breasted Bowerbird is greyish brown above with small spotted markings on back. The underside is fawn brown. The head is greyish brown with streaking on the throat and chest. Both males and females are similar in appearance. Usually seen solitary or in pairs and sometimes in small flocks. It is not widespread but quite common within its range and is not considered a threatened species.
Size
32 cm
Habitat
rainforest edges, eucalypt forest, mangroves, woodlands
Food
fruit, insects
Breeding
The nest is a cup made of small twigs built in a tree. The bower is an avenue with two side walls made of twigs and is decorated with green berries and leaves.
Range
found on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Ptilonorhynchidae | | Genus: | Chlamydera | | Species: | cerviniventris | | Common Name: | Fawn-breasted Bowerbird |
Relatives in same Genus
Western Bowerbird (C. guttata)
Spotted Bowerbird (C. maculata)
Great Bowerbird (C. nuchalis)
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